MICR Code: 581020521

Bank: Indian Overseas Bank
IFSC Code: Ioba0000295
MICR Code: 581020521
Address: Gvpandit And Bros Bldg Dasankoppa Post, Sirsi Taluk Sirsi Pin 581358
City: Uttar Kannad
District: Sirsi
State: Karnataka

MICR is acronym of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Basically it is a character-recognition technology used by the banking industry to ease the processing and clearance of cheques and other documents.

Generally MICR code is nine character long. First three charaters represent city, next three charaters represents bank name and last three charaters represents bank branch.

Let's decode MICR code 581020521.

  • In this case first three codes 581 is city code and it represents city Uttar Kannad.
  • Next three characters 020 represents bank Indian Overseas Bank.
  • Remaining characters which are 521 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Gvpandit And Bros Bldg Dasankoppa Post, Sirsi Taluk Sirsi Pin 581358.

The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.